Suspender-mounting



No. 620,399. Patented-561L213, I899,

' A. M. ZIEGLER.

SUSPENDER MOUNTING.

( Application filed. Jan. 10, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUSPENDER- MOUNTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,399, dated February28, 1899. Application filed January 10, 1898. Serial No. 666,193. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, of Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inSuspender-Mountings, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters andnumerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a strong,convenient, and serviceable mounting for use with suspenders to enablethe end pieces to be cast 0% from the Suspender quickly, thus obviatingtaking said end pieces from usual buttons. In this my invention the endpiece, which may be of any usual form having two buttonholes, is strungon a flexible cast-0E, which is supported by a metallic plate suitablysustained by the suspender-web, the attaching of said cast-off to ametallic plate adding very materially to the strength, durability, andappearance of the suspender or brace with which it is used. The cast-offis fixed to said plate, and preferably it may be secured thereto by arivet, and said rivet may also serve to hold in position the ball partof a ball-and-socket fastener of usual construction, the socket part ofsaid fastener being applied in usual manner to the said cast-off nearits free end.

Figure 1 shows a part of a piece of web employed for a suspender orshoulder-brace with my improved cast-off applied in accordance with oneform of my invention. Fig. 2'is an edge view and section of the partshown in Fig. 1 in the dotted line 00. Fig. 3 is a detail showing thecast-off as unlocked, and Fig. 4 is a detail showing the manner offinish for the free end of'the cast-off.

The web A is and may be of any usual kindemployed in suspenders andbraces, and as I havechosen to illustrate my invention the web sustainsa metallic plate B, herein represented as pivoted in ears of a back rest0, said plate having, as shown, a toothed lip 17 to bear on and engagethe web; but this invention is not limited to the particular shape ofthe metallic plate so long as said plate constitutes a seat for thecast-0E D. The castoff is flexible, and it may be made from narrowwebbing folded on itself and so held toto 6, (see Fig. 4,) andthereafter the web will be folded crosswise one part on the other, whichwill result in leaving a finished pointed end, as shown in Figs. 1 and3. The two free ends of the cast-off will then be applied to getheragainst, preferably, the rear side of the said metallic plate ofwhatever form, (see Fig. 2,) and then the cast-01f may be united orfixed in position on or with relation to said plate by suitable means,such as a rivet or stud e, capable of having applied to its small endexposed at the face of said plate the ball part c of any usualball-and-socket fastener. The socket part f of said fastener is shown asapplied to the said cast-off at or near its free end.

The end piece g, having suitable ends g to engage a button, may be ofany usual form, and the central part of the end piece is slung in theflexible cast-01f. The latter, with its socket part engaging said ballpart, locks the cast-off, so that it surrounds and holds onto the endpiece, which may be kept buttoned onto the garment to be held up.

The inner end of the material used in the .cast-ofi is connected behindthe metallic plate B and. is seated firmly against said plate by thehead of the rivet used, and in this way the end piece is very securelyheld in working position.

The free end of the cast-off and also the free end of the web A need tobe finished to a point, and to do this and to obviate binding and leavethe web at the point uncut I have folded over that part of the web wherethe point is to be left so that one edge thereof meets the oppositeedge, and I then stitch the web together transversely by a line ofstitches extending from 6 to 3 in Fig. 4. I then take the stitched web,open the same out to its fullest extent at each side said line ofstitching, and then fold the said Web transversely, laying one part ofthe web flat on the other part, and during such operation the web ismade to present pockets 3 and 4 with infolded sides, which are laid oneon the other, leaving folded edges 7 and 8, said folded edges beingtapered at each side of the point.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a suspender mounting, a metallic plate shaped to constitute a Wideflat seat, and a flexible cast-off seated on said plate and providedwith one part of a ball-andsocket fastener, the other cooperating partof said fastener being located at said plate, said plate being hinged tothe rest of the suspender, combined with an end piece adapted to besurrounded by said cast-off, substantially as described.

2. In a Suspender-mounting, a back rest, a metallic plate dependingtherefrom and pivoted thereto, and a cast-ofi fixed flat on said plate,said cast-off being provided with separable cooperating fasteners,substantially as described.

3. In a suspender, a Web doubled on itself, the material of the WebWhere it is crossfolded or doubled being infolded from its 0ppositeedges toward its center line to leave a point in the Web and stitched inthat position to present a tapered finished end, substan tially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER.

Witnesses:

GEo. W. GREGORY, MARGARET A. DUNN.

